Here’s your Hump Day Huddle for Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020

Our friend out UCLA softball coach Kirk Walker shared this video featuring Equality Coaching Alliance member and former soccer player Joanna Lohman, a documentary film titled, United We Stand:

If you’re an LGBTQ person in sports looking to connect with others in the community, head over to GO! SPACE to meet and interact with other LGBTQ athletes, or to Equality Coaching Alliance to find other coaches, administrators and other non-athletes in sports.

Highlights from Social Media:

We miss our gorgeous friend Hayley Videckis who shared this important message on Monday, National Voter Registration Day:

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YOUR➡️VOICE➡️MATTERS Maya Angelou once famously said, ‘A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song’. Expression comes in many forms, and whether it’s truly a function of individual agency or not, it’s an important component of human experience. Elections are a means of individual and group expression. It is our First Amendment right to individual speech. And it’s one of the most valued rights Americans have. A central pillar of our democracy is that power resides with the people. Elections help us generate community and feel connected to people who are like us and hold similar values. They allow us to participate in civic culture and engage with those institutions in key aspects of your well-being. Elections give us a way to be a part of something, and this is an essential part of being human. For #NationalVoterRegistrationDay we are trying to register as many people to vote at possible. If you haven’t already, you can register to vote at LetsRegisterNow.com Use your voice and #Vote #BeALeader #StayConscious

A post shared by Haley Videckis ♾ (@haleyvideckis) on Sep 22, 2020 at 4:08pm PDT

Johnny Weir lives to dance another day!

Thank you all so much for choosing to spend your time with us tonight! Rumba practice tomorrow, bright and early! @DancingABC #DWTS #teambrijo pic.twitter.com/q8d2eKh800
— Johnny Weir (@JohnnyGWeir) September 23, 2020

Did you know that the State of New Jersey’s twitter account is fighting with NYC’s account?

delete ur account https://t.co/onZWi7U2I7
— New Jersey (@NJGov) September 22, 2020

If you want your social media post to be included here, or to share one showcasing LGBTQ sports, email us the link at outsportshuddle@gmail.com or tag @Outsports on Instagram or Twitter!

Podcast Du Jour

Nearly every day of the week, Outsports has a new podcast for your enjoyment. Today it’s The Trans Sporter Room, with Karleigh Chardonnay Webb and yours truly (@lifeafterdawn)

This week we discuss the big stories of a governor breaking his silence to support trans student athletes from the Trump administration and HBO shelving a story on trans girls just hours after I raised questions and alerted advocate groups of what was about to air.